Paste-pot cover.



B. HOFFMAN. PASTE POT COVER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 2B. 1905.

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EDMUND HOFFMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO S. S. STAFFORD, INCORPORATED, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PASTE-POT COVER.

Patented April 3, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND HOFFMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paste-Pot Covers, of which the following is a specification accompanied by drawings.

The invention relates to a cover particularly adapted for use in connection with a well-known class of paste-pots wherein there is a compartment for paste and another compartment for water, and wherein, preferably, provision is made for holding a brush with a suitable length of handle and inclosing the brush when the cover is on the pot.

The object is to improve the construction of such covers.

The invention is of so simple a nature that it will be readily understood from the accompanying drawings, which exemplifies the invention in its preferred form, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a paste-pot cover embodying the invention, showing the cover partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section.

The pot B may be of any suitable form and construction having an inner well C to hold the brush.

The improved cover of this invention is formed, preferably, of two pieces of sheet metal, the lower one, E, being screw-threaded to fit the outer member B of the pot and recessed upward with a perforated center, so as to support the brush, as shown in Fig. 2. This form may be readily stamped out of sheet metal without endangering crimping of the edges. The upper portion D of the cover has preferably a shallow dome-shaped top and is secured bybeading or otherwise to the lower member E of the cover. This two-storied construction of the cover enables me to support the brush within the cover in a convenient manner and at the same time gives a sightly and agreeable contour to the paste pot as a whole. Preferably when shipping, a cardboard or other perforated disk G is inserted within the cover above the pot, so as to form a cushion between the two and seal the pot, if desired. There is no advantage whatever in hermetically sealing or separating the inner well from the outer well, and I therefore prefer to make the inner well C slightly less high than the outer well, so that its lip or upper edge will not deform the disk G if there are slight irregularities produced in the molding or other process of manufacturing the inner and outer wells.

I prefer to seal the paste when first put in and ready to be shipped by means of a thin seal S of paraffin which is flowed over the surface of the paste, as shown, and prevents evaporation. When in use, the paraflin is of course removed and the inner well is filled to the extent of one-half an inch or so with water. The disk G may be thrown away or preserved by the user at will.

Although my invention is described as applicable to a paste-pot, it will of course be understood to be applicable to mucilage-pots as well, and various other packages or holders for pastes, gums, paints, and other things,

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What I claim is 1. A paste-pot cover formed of two pieces, the lower piece having a marginal flange t0 fit the upper end of the pot, a shoulder at the upper end of the flange, and a dome extending upward from the shoulder; and the upper piece being permanently secured to the dome of the lower piece and having an upwardlyextending imperforate dome adapted to cover the upper end of the paste-brush handle.

2. A paste-pot cover formed of two pieces of sheet metal, the lower piece having a threaded marginal flange, an approximately horizontal annular shoulder extending inward from the upper end of the flange, and an annular dome extending upward from the inner edge of the annular shoulder, said dome having a flat, approximately horizontal, perforated upper end; and the upper piece having an outer flange fitting around and securedto the dome of the lower piece, an annular shoulder extending inward from the flange and resting against the flat top of the dome of the lower piece, and a dome extending upward from the last-mentioned annular shoulder, said lastmentioned dome having a concavo-convex upper end.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDMUND HOFFMAN.

Witnesses:

HARRY R. COREY, C. E. E. WHITELEY. 

